Oh! grant each day our trespass-es may cease.

Forgive our evil deeds that oft we do;

Convince us daily of them to our shame;

Help us with heavenly bread, forgive us, too,

Recurrent lusts, and we’ll adore thy name.

In thy forgive-ness we as saints can die,

Since for us and our trespasses so high,

Thy son, our Saviour, bled on Calvary.

Ecclesiasticæ.

EXCESSIVE CIVILITY.